1192 COLEOPTEEA 



the scape reaching just beyond front margin of thorax, very gradu- 

 ally and very slightly thickened ; second joint of funiculus quite as 

 long as first ; club elongate-oval, acuminate. Eyes just free. Tlio- 

 rax not longer than broad, its greatest breadth just before the 

 middle, very little narrower in front than behind, not uneven, with 

 a few blackish scales intermingled with the others, and near each 

 side, at the base, forming a more or less evident dark spot. Sen- 

 tellum invisible. Elytra not much broader than thorax, shoulders 

 narrowed, apices simple ; finely striate-punctate ; interstices broad, 

 third and fifth very little elevated, third with a small posterior 

 nodosity, suture raised along the hind slope. Legs stout, tibiae 

 flexuous, the hind pair with their front face bent inwards. 



Male. Fovea on the middle, in front, of metasternum, its basal 

 ventral segment medially impressed ; the last, too, is impressed. 



C. ohliquisignatus, though very similar, is more highly coloured, 

 has a rather shorter snout, and a small but distinct scutellum, and 

 the hind-body is shorter and broader. The form of the posterior 

 tibiae, however, distinguishes this species from most of the others ; 

 those having similarly-bent tibiae may be easily separated. 



? . Length (rost. inch), 3^; breadth, If lines. 



Mr. T. F. Cheeseman was kind enough to bring me a pair from 

 the Kermadec Islands when they were proclaimed part of the 

 Queen's dominions. 



2111. C. decorus, ^i-s. Squamosity fine, dense, variegate, 

 mostly greyish-testaceous, with, on some parts, a reddish tint, 

 elytra dotted with pale bluish- white marks ; setae yellowish or 

 greyish ; body black, legs infuscate, antennae and tarsi reddish. 



Rostrum with black as well as greyish scales, obsoletely carinate. 

 Antenmc hispid, scape just touching front of thorax; basal two joints 

 of funiculus equally elongate ; club rather short, acuminate. Thorax 

 scarcely longer than broad, widest before the middle ; obliquely 

 impressed in front, broadly laterally behind the middle, narrowly 

 before the triangular, depressed scutellum ; surface more or less 

 rugose and punctate, nearly half of the scales dark in colour. Elytra 

 rather broad, shoulders rounded, sides broadly curvate, much con- 

 tracted apically, apices pointed and a little produced ; suture raised 

 near scutellum, and along the hind declivity ; third and fifth inter- 

 stices slightly elevated, third somewhat prominent or projecting 

 forwards at base, with small yet distinct protuberances on top of 

 hind slope, fifth not so prominent at base but more nodose behind, 

 but not extending so far back as those on tlie third ; their rows of 

 punctures moderate, not close. Tibics flexuous, the hind pair how- 

 ever rather straight, with narrowly-cavernous corbels. Scrobes 

 deep in front, shallow behind, and reaching lower margin of eyes. 



The peculiar spots on the rather broad hind-body will enable 

 this species to be easily identified. C. asperellus, its nearest ally, is 

 a much narrower form. 



Length (rost. inch), 3^ ; breadth, 1^ lines. 



Hooper's Inlet. One individual (a female, most likely), sent by 



